English → Latin
“term” in Latin
spatiumspace, room, extent; distance between points; a square, walk, or promenadedēfīniōto bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting; to terminate, finishterminusa boundary, limit, end; word, term, definition; due date, a time to conveneverbumword; proverb, saying; verbvocābulumword; designation, name, term; expression, vocablenōmenname; short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens; titleratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, reckocōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, constructpraefiniōto determine or fix beforehand; to prescribe; to limit (set bounds)
The English word term itself goes back to Latin terminus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
term s.
Space of time, spatium (general term): temporis intervallum (interval): dies certa: dies praestituta: tempus finitum, definitum (a fixed, appointed term). To fix or appoint a term, diem statuere, constituere, praefinire; tolerably long, diem statuere satis laxam (e.g., before the expiration of tech payment must be made; quam ante, etc.; Vid: Cic., Att., 6, 1, 16): to request a term of a few days, petere paucorum dierum interjectum (of a defendant; Tac., Ann., 3, 67, 2): to grant a term of some days to a debtor, alicui paucos ad solvendum dies prorogare: to request from anybody a short term, ab aliquo parvam exigui temporis usuram alicujus rei postulare (Vid: Cic., Agr., 3, 1, 2): the term expires, exit dies (e.g., induciarum, Liv., 4, 30: ☞ 22, 33).
At the universities, in the courts of law, *terminus (technical term).
A w o r d, verbum: vocabulum: nomen.
Condition, Vid:
Relation, ratio; plur., terms of friendship, etc.: by circumlocution; e.g., res mihi cum aliquo est; mihi cum hominibus his et gratia et necessitudo est (I am on good terms with, caelius ad Cic.): si mihi tecum minus esset, quam est cum omnibus (Cic.; if I were on less friendly terms with).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for term?
- The usual Latin words for “term” are spatium, dēfīniō, terminus; also verbum, vocābulum, nōmen. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.